Power Plants Near 50573 — Plover, IA

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50573 (Plover, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8783, -94.6205 · County: Pocahontas

Wind 90%Natural Gas 4%Oil 3%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
10.5 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
11.8 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
14.8 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
19.2 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
21.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.5 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.0 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.5 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
25.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
25.8 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
26.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
26.6 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
32.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
33.9 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
35.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
36.4 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
36.9 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
37.4 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
37.9 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
39.8 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
40.8 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
41.9 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
42.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
42.3 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
42.3 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.2 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
43.3 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.0 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.5 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
46.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
46.1 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
47.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
48.1 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
48.8 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.9 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
49.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
49.7 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Plover, Iowa (ZIP 50573), with a combined 3,422 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Diesel Generation Unit at 10.5 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Iowa, visit the Iowa state page.

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